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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 266, NWS Atlanta, GA

July 12, 1995Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT for Johnson County, Laurens County, Georgia. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, GA, Laurens County, GA

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 864 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KATL 120417 RRA
SVRATL
GAC175-167-120445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1215 AM EDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
 
   ...JOHNSON COUNTY
 
AT 1214 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST SOUTH OF WRIGHTSVILLE IN JOHNSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN LAURENS COUNTY BY
1230 AM.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
826 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1995

TIME      .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

645 PM    8 MILES W OF HAMILTON  GA         3 TREES WERE BROKEN OFF
          HARRIS                            WITH ONE BLOCKING GEORGIA
                                            HIGHWAY 129. HIGH WINDS AND
                                            FREQUENT LIGHTNING REPORTED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCEmanuel46 min
Jul 11, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson, Washington25 min
Jul 11, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCJohnson29 min
Jul 12, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCLaurens, Treutlen54 min
Jul 12, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDodge49 min
Jul 12, 1:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHouston45 min
Jul 12, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCMontgomery41 min
Jul 12, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCHabersham, Rabun48 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.